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F. a. KOEHLER.

CAR SEAT.

(A ummn filed m 29, 1598.)

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-- FRANK G. KOEHLER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE AS-SIGNMENTS, TO THE HALE AND KILBURN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OFPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-S EAT.

SPECIFICAT ION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,299, dated July Q,1901.

Application filed July 29, 1898- Serial No. 687,171. (No model.)

2 To all whom it may concerm.

Be it known that LFRANK G. KOEHLER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of thecityof St. Louis,'in. the State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar- Seats, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. Myinvention relates to that class of carseats so constructed thatreversingthe back shifts the cushion, so that the position of the.-

latter maintains the proper relation to the former whichever positionthe back may be in. x 5 The object of my invention is to construct sucha seat in a manner that it can be easily reversed and not be liabletoget out of order.

My invention.consists in features of noveltyhcreinafter fully described,and pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is an end view of my improved: seat. Fig. 2 is adetailfrontelevation. Fig.

3 is a detail sectional View.

1 represents one of the end frames of the seat, having a fixed lowercross-bar 2 and a fined upper cross-barb The other end frame is the sameas theone shown.

4 is the baclt, and 5 the seat proper or cush- 'ion. The back Mia's armsor brackets 6, pivoted at 7 to the cross-bars 2 and which fit be-.

v shown in full1ines,,Fig. 1, to the position shown in dotted lines, andtocause thee-visit 1. In a car-seat, the combination ion to be thusmoved by the act of reversing the back I secure brackets 11 to thebottom of the cushion, with which levers 12 have slotand-pin connection13. The levers are piv oted at 14 to the bars 3 and their lower ends.have slot-and-pin connection 15 with the arms 6. When the back isreversed, the levers are moved from the position shown in full lines,Fig. 1, to the position shown in dotted lines, and the cushion is thusshifted.

to suit the position of the back, the move- I ment being an easy one andthe mechanism being such that it is not liable to get out of order andat the same time is inexpensive.

As shown. in Fig. 2, I prefer to make the projections 13 and 15 toconsist of pins 18, pro Vided with antifriction-rollers, and the pro--jections 9 are made in like-manner.

I claim as my invention' f of end frames, a back having armspivotally'com nected to the end frames, a cushion having projectionsfitting in slots in said frames,

brackets secured to said cushion, levers having pivotal'co'nnection withsaid frames, and slot-and-pin connections between said levers and-saidbrackets andbetween the levers and said arms, substantially as setforth.

. 2. In a car-seat, the combination of end frames having lowercross-bars 2 and upper cross-bars 3 and having slots 10 in their upperends, a back having arms 6 pivoted to the cross-bars 2, a cushion havingprojections 9 fitting in the slots 10, brackets llsecured to the cushionand levers 12 pivoted to the crossbars 3 and which have slot-and-pinconnections with said brackets and'with said arms, substantially as setforth.

, FRANK G."I{OEIIIJER. In presence of E. S. KNIGHT,

- A. V. ALEXANDER.

